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It is 2019 a new flower record was broken since Quito International Airport to the world for Valentine's season.
In what is considered the high flower season in Ecuador spanning from each 19 from January to 10 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country, record figures were achieved in the transfer of cargo and also, cargo air operations.
Statistics
Focused mainly on the transport of roses of various colors and gypsos for the most romantic date of the year from Ecuador, the following figures were achieved:
- Tons transported: 19.057.
- cargo flights: 324.
Tons transported
comparatively, with the 2018, We can observe the following record growth in exports of such a highly valued world product on these dates:
| 2018 | 2019 | Variation | |
| tons | 17.779 | 19.057 | 7,2% |
For instance, airlines like LATAM Cargo reported having transported more than 9 thousand tons, Avianca Cargo 5% more than last year, American Airlines nails 1.500 tons on its regular flights and Emirates Sky Cargo nails 1.200 additional tons.
cargo flights
Regarding flights, The growth was proportional to the number of tons transported, which demonstrates the great importance of this product and the Ecuadorian market for exporters and airlines.:
| 2018 | 2019 | Variation | |
| movements | 293 | 324 | 10,6% |
On these dates there was the operation of the following scheduled cargo airlines:
- Sky Lease Cargo
- KLM Cargo
- Atlas Air Cargo
- LATAM Cargo and its subsidiaries
- UPS Airlines
- Cargolux
- THE
- Avianca Cargo
- Qatar Airways Cargo
- Emirates Sky Cargo
- Cuban Cargo
Additional to the regular flights of the aforementioned airlines, They also carried out extra charter flights, where for example, Emirates made the first historic cargo flight between Quito and Los Angeles in the United States exclusively for roses.
Too, several special flights arrived in Quito, These are under non-regular charter modality of the following airlines, some of them landed for the first time in Mariscal Sucre:
- Air Bridge Cargo
- Ethiopian Cargo (first flight)
- Turkish Cargo
- Amerijet (operating for LATAM Cargo)
- Kalitta Water
- Western Global (operating for LATAM Cargo)
Definitely, Trade agreements have helped Ecuador continue to grow and consolidate its position as one of the main flower exporters in the world., but not oblivious to new challenges, How to maintain growth with the current infrastructure installed at the Tababela cargo terminal.
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